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Verse 29. _NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND._] Or, _in anxious_
_suspense_, μη μετεωριζεσθε. Raphelius gives several
examples to prove that the meaning of the word is, _to have the mind
agitated_ _with...
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See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 6:25....
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Warning Against Hypocrisy. (Luke 12:1)_
2. Encouragements. (Luke 12:4)
3. Warning Against Covetousness. (Luke 12:15)
4. Warning Against Anxiety. ...
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WARNING AGAINST WORRY (Matthew 6:25 *, Matthew 6:19 *). In Mt. the
section follows the saying about God and Mammon, with which the
parable just given by Lk. has an analogy. Lk. and Mt. agree closely,...
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One of the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide
the inheritance with me." He said to him, "Man, who appointed me a
judge or an arbitrator over you?" He said to them, "Watch and gua...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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NEITHER. and not. Greek. _me._ App-104.
OF DOUBTFUL MIND. excited. Occurs only here in N.T....
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_neither be ye of doubtful mind_ Literally, "Do not toss about like
boats in the offing," a metaphor for _suspense._Cicero says, "So I am
in suspense (μετέωρος _)_and entangled in great perplexities....
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Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of
Tolerance._
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called
the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
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LESSONS OF TRUSTFULNESS (22–32), ALMSGIVING (33, 34), AND FAITHFUL
WATCHFULNESS (35–48). THE SEARCHING EFFECT OF CHRIST’S WORK
(49–53)...
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CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the
departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey
(probably to the Feast of the...
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ΜῊ ΜΕΤΕΩΡΊΖΕΣΘΕ. Here alone in the N.T. Literally,
‘Do not toss about like boats in the offing,’—a metaphor for
_suspense_. Cicero says, “So I am in suspense (μετέωρος) and
entangled in great perplexi...
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Ver 27. Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin
not; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these. 28. If then God so clothe the grass, whi...
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ΖΗΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ (G2212)
искать. _Praes. imper._ с отр.
ΜΉ (G3361) запрещает некое отношение,
ΦΆΓΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act., см._ Luke 12:22.
ΠΊΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΊΝΩ (G4095)...
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NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND.— _Neither be ye set afloat_ [_with
desire_] Μη μετεωριζεσθε : "Be not (like meteors in the
air, which are tossed about by every blast of wind) hurried with
anxious care...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Astuteness in Alertness (Luke 12:13-34)
13 One of the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide
the inheritance with me. 14But he said to him, Man, who made m...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_How to be Rich Toward God
Scripture_
Luke 12:22-34 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto
you, Be not anxious for _your_ life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for
your...
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And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what
ye shall put on.
AND HE SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, THEREFORE I S...
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14 See Exo_2:14.
15 Compare 1Ti_6:6-10.
15 A telling truth which would do more to ameliorate the ills of
humanity than all government, were it heeded, is embodied in the
phrase, "the superfluity of...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 12
JESUS WARNS AND ENCOURAGES HIS *DISCIPLES 12:1-12
1 WARNING ABOUT THE FALSE LIVES OF THE *PHARISEES 12:1-3
V1 Thousands of people had gathered. T...
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(27-31) CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW. — See Notes on Matthew
6:28. There are, however, some noticeable variations, as (1) in Luke
12:27, in the better MSS., _they spin not, they weave not;_ (2) t...
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μετεωρίζεσθε : a ἅπ. λεγ. in N.T. and variously
rendered. The meaning that best suits the connection of thought is
that which finds in the word the figure of a boat tempest-tossed, but
that which is b...
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_Dissuasives against earthly care_ (Matthew 6:25-33). The disciples
again become the audience....
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THE CURE FOR ANXIOUS CARE
Luke 12:22-34
Notice this contrast between two kinds of men: the one cares for
himself, is anxious for this life, worries about food and clothes and
standing a cubit higher...
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Knowing that the enmity of the rulers against Him would proceed also
against His disciples, He told them not to be afraid of those who kill
the body, remembering ever their Father's care, as revealed...
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And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither (i)
be ye of doubtful mind.
(i) A metaphor taken of things that hang in the air, for those that
care too much for this worldly life,...
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_And be not lifted up on high. [1] St. Augustine (lib. ii. QQ. Evang.
q. 29. t. 3, part 4, p. 257.) expounds it thus: do not value
yourselves for the plenty and variety you have of things to eat.
Othe...
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SOLICITUDE
Luke 12:22-31. This item of our Savior's discourse is so identical
with a paragraph in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6), that I
forbear quotation, the substantial repetition of the Great...
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_The Application._ “ _And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye
shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind._ 30. _For all these
things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father know...
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3 _d. To the Disciples: Luke 12:22-40_. Disengagement from earthly
goods. The following exhortations suppose faith. The believer should
renounce the pursuit of earthly goods: 1. From a feeling of enti...
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(22) And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what
ye shall put on. (23) The life is more than meat, and the bo...
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The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but
the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was
working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men,
c...
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Luke 12:29._And be not lifted on high _(460) This clause corresponds
to the last sentence in the passage taken from Matthew, Be _not
anxious about tomorrow _Our Lord now charges them with another faul...
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chapter 12 puts the disciples into this place of testimony by the
power of the Holy Ghost, and with the world opposed to them, after the
Lord's departure. It is the word and the Holy Ghost, instead of...
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AND SEEK NOT WHAT YE SHALL EAT, OR WHAT YE SHALL DRINK,.... That is,
in an anxious and distressing manner, with a tormenting and vexatious
care; otherwise food is to be both asked of God every day, an...
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If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to
morrow is cast into the oven; how much more _will he clothe_ you, O ye
of little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or...
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_And he said unto his disciples_ Having delivered the preceding
instructive and awakening parable, whereby he intended to caution the
contending brothers and the multitude against covetousness,
sensua...
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Taking thought for the morrow. Matthew 6:25-34....
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AND SEEK NOT YE WHAT YE SHALL EAT, OR WHAT YE SHALL DRINK, NEITHER BE
YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND....
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A lesson from the fields:...
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THE PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST FALSE LEADERS
(vs.1-12)
At a time when the crowd was extremely large, the Lord addressed His
disciples "first of all," warning them to beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees,...
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NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND:
Or, live not in careful suspense...
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22-40 Christ largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to
disquieting, perplexing cares, Matthew 6:25. The arguments here used
are for our encouragement to cast our care upon God, which is t...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 12:22...
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Tertullian On Prayer
," seeing He had previously said, "Take no careful thought about the
morrow, what ye are to eat."[47]...
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Luke 12:29 And G2532 not G3361 seek G2212 (G5720) what G5101 you G5210
eat G5315 (G5632) or...
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“And seek not you what you shall eat, and what you shall drink,
neither be you of doubtful mind, for all these things do the nations
of the world seek after, but your Father knows that you have need o...
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HIS DISCIPLES SHOULD HAVE THEIR MINDS SET ON HEAVENLY AFFAIRS NOT
EARTHLY AFFAIRS (12:22-34).
Having made clear His position concerning wealth and its use Jesus now
turns to those who have little weal...
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SECTION 5 (12:1-14:35).
We commence here a new section of Luke. As we shall see this section
centres around a mighty act of Jesus in delivering a woman bound by
Satan, and thus doubled up and unable t...
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Luke 12:29. NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND. The word in the original
is derived from ‘meteor,' and is explained by some: do not rise in
fancy to high demands, creating imagined necessities, thus makin...
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Luke 12:22-34. WARNING AGAINST WORLDLY CARE, or lessons of trust in
God. These verses were addressed to the disciples (Luke 12:22), and
the connection with what precedes is close.
THEREFORE, since wo...
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THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the
whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist.
A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
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CHAPTER 12 is made up of a series of discourses following each other
in immediate succession, but with less of unity and logical connection
than are found in most of our Lord's recorded sermons. Some...
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SEEK NOT YE
(υμεις μη ζητειτε). Note emphatic position of "ye"
(υμεις). Stop seeking (μη and present imperative active).
Matthew 6:31 has: "Do not become anxious" (μη
μεριμνησητε), μη and ingressive...
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Luke 12:13. _And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my
brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him,
Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?_
Our Lord...
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The teaching of our Lord, in this chapter, has very much to do with
Christianity in connection with this present life, and its cares and
troubles. God has nowhere promised us exemption from affliction...
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In this chapter, our Saviour dispels the fears of his disciples
concerning temporal things, and especially their fear of persecution
and their fear of want.
Luke 12:1. In the mean time, when there we...
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Luke 12:13. _And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my
brother, that he divide the inheritance with me, And he said unto him,
Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?_
Our Lord...
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Luke 12:22. _And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the
body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the...
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CONTENTS: Jesus warns of leaven of the Pharisees. Parable of the rich
fool. Parable of the second coming. Parable of the steward and his
servants. Christ, the divider of men.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, disci...
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Luke 12:1. _There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of
people._ The Greek is myriads, or ten thousands of people.
Luke 12:5. _Power to cast into hell._ The Greek is Gehenna, as on
Isaiah...
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DO NOT BE WORRIED. These verses about Trust in God are almost
identical to those in Matthew 6:25-34. See notes there....
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_Neither be ye of doubtful mind_
A NEW PARABLE
Our Lord here crushes a whole world of meaning into a single word,
which, as we study it, resolves itself into a bright, impressive
picture or parable....
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:29 DO NOT SEEK does not mean that people should
neglect to work and support themselves (see 1 Thessalonians 4:11).
Rather, it warns against
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CHAPTER 12 VER. 1. _In the mean time when there were gathered together
an innumerable multitude of people._ The Greek has "the myriads of the
multitude." A myriad contains exactly ten thousand, and is...
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_Neither be ye of doubtful mind._ (The Greek and the Vulgate say, "Be
ye not lifted up on high.") Cornelius comments on this reading, this
passage is explained in many different ways. S. Clement of Al...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 12:22. TAKE NO THOUGHT.—Rather, “be not anxious” (R.V.).
The meaning of the word “thought” has changed since 1611. Then it
meant “anxiety” (see 1 Samuel 9:5).
Luke 12:23. IS MOR...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 12:1
_The Lord_,_ after leaving the Pharisee_'_s house_,_ speaks at great
length to a numerous crowd waiting for him_,_ addressing his words
principally to his own disciples. _The for...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 12.
We are dealing with the final month in the ministry of Jesus. He has
returned to Jerusalem. He will soon be leaving Jerusalem to go down to
th...
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Luke 10:7; Luke 10:8; Luke 12:22; Luke 22:35; Matthew 6:31...
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Be ye of doubtful mind [μ ε τ ε ω ρ ι ζ ε σ θ ε]. Only
here in New Testament. The verb primarily means to raise to a height;
buoy up, as with false hopes; and so to unsettle, or excite, or keep
in flu...
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Neither be ye of a doubtful mind — The word in the original
signifies, any speculations or musings in which the mind fluctuates,
or is suspended (like meteors in the air) in an uneasy hesitation....